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Posted By: barrysloate

And I'll add Ross Barnes to Jay's list. It seems as time goes on and each year's votes come in, more and more serious baseball scholars are becoming ever more disillusioned with how the Hall of Fame operates. I'm starting to think that picking new members is more of a popularity contest aimed at the average guy on the street; and isn't the HOF a business like any other? Don't you think they want as many people as possible coming up to Cooperstown to visit their museum? I think relatively few African Americans make the trek to the Hall and wouldn't all these new inductees be good for their bottom line? How much would attendence increase if Bob Caruthers got in? Maybe three more people would visit that year. Hate to be cynical, but the Hall of Fame is just a business like any other.